The current building is located on S. 32nd Avenue, the new facility will be nearby, just south of Seymour Lane. After nearly a decade of planning, the department finally broke ground for the building of the new station.  

Chief Tracey Kujawa said the station will have road access to Stewart Avenue to ensure fast and efficient service.

Fire departments from Trimble, Loretto, Logan, Crane Hill, Good Hope, Dodge City, Bremen, and Cool Springs are working together. The departments recently purchased a pontoon boat that needs improvements before it can be used to respond to emergencies. The boats will be used to respond to crashes, house and boat fires, medical calls and other emergencies.   

Logan Fire and Rescue chief, Toby Bates, says the boats are needed to help keep the community safe.

Fire Chief Eddie Bell asked the board of works on Wednesday for more than $1.5 million to purchase three firetrucks, one for transporting scuba gear and dive equipment for water rescues, one rescue unit used for entrapments during wrecks, and one 77-foot aerial firetruck.

 

The board unanimously passed two requests: One for the scuba truck, essentially a box truck, for $12,000 from Fire Service, Inc., and another for a rescue truck and an aerial unit for $1,561,014, also from Fire Service, Inc.

 

There was some question about whether the purchases should have gone through city council instead of the board of works.

Bell said after the meeting the department also wanted